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2015 Rising Phoenix World Championships

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IFBBWings of Strength

Venue
  
Grand Hyatt

Date
  
August 22, 2015

City
  
San Antonio, Texas

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2015 Rising Phoenix World Championships

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The 2015 Rising Phoenix World Championships was an IFBB Wings of Strength female professional bodybuilding competition and held in conjunction with the IFBB Texas Pro, the NPC Tim Gardner Texas Extravaganza, and NPC National. It was held on August 20, 2015 to August 22, 2015, at the Grand Hyatt, in San Antonio, Texas, United States.

Contents

Prejudging

  • 1st - Debi Laszewski, Margaret Martin, Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia, Alana Shipp, and Helle Trevino
  • 2nd - Monique Jones, Shawna Strong, Isabelle Turell, Aleesha Young, Maria Bello, and Lisa Cross
  • 3rd - Irene Andersen, Christine Envall, Gillian Kovack, Virginia Sanchez, and Shawna Strong
  • 4th - Margaret Martin, Helle Trevino, and Debi Laszewski

    • Confirmation round

  • 1st - Debi Laszewski, Margaret Martin, Helle Trevino, and Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia (Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia and Helle Trevino switched places)
  • 2nd - Isabelle Turell, Alana Shipp, Aleesha Young, and Maria Bello (Alana Shipp and Isabelle Turell switched places)
  • 3rd - Irene Andersen, Monique Jones, Christine Envall, Lisa Cross, Shawna Strong, Virginia Sanchez, and Gillian Kovack (Lisa Cross and Monique Jones switched places; Gillian Kovack and Shawna Strong switched places)
  • 4th - Debi Laszewski, Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia, Margaret Martin, and Helle Trevino

    • Prize money

  • 1st $50,000 plus new a Wings of Strength Jeep
  • 2nd $25,000
  • 3rd $12,500
  • 4th $7,000
  • 5th $5,000

    • Total: $99,500

    Results

  • 1st - Margaret Martin
  • 2nd - Helle Trevino
  • 3rd - Debi Laszewski
  • 4th - Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
  • 5th - Alana Shipp
  • 6th - Aleesha Young
  • 7th - Isabelle Turell
  • 8th - Maria Bello
  • 9th - Lisa Cross
  • 10th - Christine Envall
  • 11th - Shawna Strong
  • 12th - Virginia Sanchez
  • 13th - Monique Jones
  • 14th - Irene Andersen
  • 15th - Gillian Kovack

    • Best poser award

    Margaret Martin

    Notable events

  • Due to injuries, Alina Popa stated in an interview that she will attend, but not participate in the 2015 Wings of Strength Rising Phoenix World Championships.
  • This is the first year since 1998 that Iris Kyle would not attend a IFBB professional bodybuilding competition of that particular year due to her retirement from the sport.
  • The first competition was held on Iris Kyle's 41st birthday.
  • Both Vera Mikulcova and Jana Bendova qualified, but did not attend.
  • One of the two emcees was Lenda Murray.
  • All of the competitors received a rose after individual posing.
  • All 15 competitors did the posedown.
  • The IFBB professional women's bodybuilding cash prize for first place was five times that of the IFBB professional men's bodybuilding first place cash prize.

    • Points standings

    1 In the event of a tie, the competitor with the best top five contest placings will be awarded the qualification. If both competitors have the same contest placings, than both will qualify for the Rising Phoenix World Championships.

    References

    2015 Rising Phoenix World Championships Wikipedia
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